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Embedded System Innovation of the Year in the Elektra 06 European Electronic Awards

Newport, UK — 24 November 2006 - RF Engines Limited (RFEL), the supplier of high performance FPGA-based designs solutions, has won the ‘Embedded System Innovation of the Year’ category in the 2006 ‘Elektra’ European Electronic Awards.

This year’s award was for ‘ChannelCore64ä‘, which allows designers to replace up to 16 specialist DDC ASIC devices with a single IP core embedded in an FPGA.

RFEL have previously won the ‘Start up of the Year’ award at the European Awards in 2003, and were also finalists in the ‘Research and Development’ award category in 2005.

John Summers, RFEL’s CEO, said: “It is a great testament to our team of engineers that the company’s products keep winning awards for innovation. A major part of our success has been the ability to draw on highly talented electronics engineers here on the Isle of Wight, which then, of course, draws in further talent. We’re all obviously delighted with the recognition, and the way that the business is continuing to flourish, providing specialised FPGA IP and complete products and systems.”

Richard Wilson, Editor of Electronics Weekly, who was one of the judges, commented: “In the field of digital radio receiver design, the winning company has demonstrated that its FPGA-based, multi-channel technology can deliver true cost and power consumption gains.”

Note to Editors
Since RF Engines was formed, it has won a number of major international awards including:

RF Engines winner of Start-up Of The Year award
European Electronics Industry Awards, London, England
2003

TPFT voted Best New Product
GSPx & International Signal Processing Conference, Dallas, TX, USA.
2003

HyperSpeed/Length FFT voted Best New Product
GSPx & International Signal Processing Conference, Santa Clara, CA, USA
2004

RF Engines finalist of Research and Development award
European Electronics Industry Awards, London, England
2005

Channeliser voted Best New Product
GSPx & International Signal Processing Conference, Santa Clara, CA, USA
2005

Elektra 06 European Electronics Industry Awards

Elektra 06 is where the shortlist and winners are celebrated and rewarded for their excellence, innovation and achievements in the Electronics Industry. This year, the awards took place in Munich, Germany on the 15 November 2006.

RF Engines

RF Engines Limited (RFEL) is a UK based electronic systems designer, providing high specification signal processing solutions for FPGAs, as well as receiver and complete product solutions for the homeland security, defence, communications and instrumentation markets. Applications include communications base stations, satellite communications systems, test and measurement instrumentation, and bespoke wideband receivers/transceivers.

Further Information

RF Engines Limited
Web: RF Engines ( RFEL ) Homepage
Email: info@rfel.com
Tel: +44 (0)1983 550330

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